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	PeaZip is a free cross-platform file archiver that provides an unified portable GUI for many Open Source technologies like 7-Zip, FreeArc, PAQ, UPX... Create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, *PAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, WIM, XZ, ZIP files Open and extract over 150 archive types: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF, ZIPX files and more... Features of PeaZip includes extract, create and convert multiple archives at once, create self-extracting archives, split/join files, strong encryption with two factor authentication, encrypted password manager, secure deletion, find duplicate files, calculate hashes, export job definition as script.

WinAce ACE files

How to open and extract ACE archives

ACE

is an archiving format developed by Marcel Lemke for WinAce software, it provides a compression ratio higher than ZIP and similar to RAR.
PeaZip supports extraction of ACE archives trough Unace.dll, provided by WinAce author as royalty free but closed source component. Note for Linux users: UNACE is a 32 bit executable, so on Linux 64 bit systems it requires ia32-libs to extract ACE files.

Due to the closed source nature of the tool, it is provided as separate add-on for PeaZip, please refer to UNACE Plugin page for downloading and installing the add-on.

Once UNACE plugin is installed, to extract ACE files you can:

Use context menu entry "Extract here" or "Extract here (to new folder)"
Use context menu entry "Extract..." to be asked for output path and other options
Open the archive in PeaZip in PeaZip and use "Extract" button (you can chose output path, enter password and other options before confirming with "Ok") to extract selected object, or Extract > Extract all in application's context menu to extract all the archive
Open the archive in PeaZip and drag desired objects from the application to the system (the opposite can be used to add objects to the archive)
Open the archive in PeaZip and doubleclick on an archived file to open and view its content

To enter password in PeaZip click in the padlock icon extract encrypted ace file

in the status bar (in the file/archive browser) or the padlock icon below output address field in extraction or archiving interfaces, or click Tools > Enter password / keyfile in main menu, or press F9.

"Keyfile" is optional, leave it blank if you don't want to rely on two factor authentication - use of keyfile increases security over password only encryption since also having access to the keyfile will be required to perform the extraction.

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FAQ highlights: File types How to create, open extract 7-Zip's 7Z files? How to open and extract ACE files? How to open and extract CAB files? How to open and extract DMG, ISO, UDF disk images? How to create RAR files? How to open and extract RAR files? How to create, open and extract TAR/TGZ files on Windows and Linux? How to create, open extract ZIP files? How to open and extract ZIPX files?	File management How to backup files with PeaZip? How to convert existing archive files? How to find duplicate files: calculate checksum and hash, and compare files? How to share files with PeaZip? How to split and join files with PeaZip?
	Security How to encrypt archives? How to extract encrypted archives? How to protect files with PeaZip? How to securely delete files and folders with PeaZip?

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